Design Institute Level 1

“Covid has changed education in terms of openness to online learning and expectations for the quality of online offerings.” Michael Nachbar, GOA Executive Director, Eight Predictions for Education in 2021

As educators begin reflecting on what will carry over from the changes made in response to COVID-19, it's clear that online learning will remain a permanent facet of the school experience. However, the bar for designing high-quality online learning experiences has never been higher. To ensure that educators are designing responsibly and effectively, they need training and support on best practices and strategies.

GOA is thrilled to offer its Design Institute Level 1 (formerly the Design Bootcamp) to support educators in designing high-quality online learning experiences for students.

The goals of the Design Institute Level 1 are to:

• support the work of educators to confidently design online learning courses for their students through an immersive five-day experience

• provide instructional design coaching for a cohort of educators to deepen practice and apply new learning skills to additional course design

The Design Institute Level 1 will be facilitated by expert GOA Learning Design Coaches who will provide opportunities for connection, collaboration, and feedback.

Individual teachers and school-based teams are both welcome to register.

The Design Institute Level 1 is intended for high school, middle school, and elementary school teachers across all disciplines. During registration, we’ll ask you to identify your role/department. Please specify which discipline/affinity area you want to be grouped in during registration.

If you attended GOA’s 2020 Design Bootcamp, we encourage you to enroll in the Design Institute Level 2.

Based on programming we have used to train our GOA faculty for the last ten years, this program will prepare teachers to:

• design online learning experiences that promote student agency and student-centered learning

• build community in online spaces, including peer to peer relationships and student and teacher relationships

• design assessments that allow both students and teachers to know what students are learning with an emphasis on evidence of student work

• incorporate wayfinding and best practices in the smooth and intuitive design of online learning spaces

Please review the Design Institute Level 1 syllabus and schedule here.